Trout

Imagine having a daylong Thanksgiving feast every day for a month, then, only paupers rations the rest of the year. University of Washington researchers have discovered Dolly Varden, a kind of trout, …

TURKEY - Food Certification International (FCI) is currently carrying out its first Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) pilot trout audit for a fish farm company in Turkey.

NORWAY - Norway exported NOK 4.4 billion worth of seafood in April. This is an increase of NOK 795 million or 22 per cent compared with April 2012.

US - Pacific Seafood Groups steelhead trout farm on the Columbia River is the United States first steelhead trout or salmon farm to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

RUSSIA - The Russian Veterinary service, Rosselkhoznadzor, has detected harmful microorganisms in salmon and trout imported from Norway.

GLOBAL - The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has expanded its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification programme with the completion of new BAP standards for finfish and crustacean farms.

NORWAY - The value of Norwegian seafood exports in the first quarter of 2013 totaled NOK 13.4 billion. This is at the same level as in the fisrt quarter of 2012. In March, the value of seafood exports…

CHILE - The BioMar Group will in the next months initiate the construction of a new facility for Research and Development. It will be located together with one of BioMar's three Chilean factories in P…

UK - A sea trout originally tagged in the River Tyne has been caught off the Dutch coast, a rare occurrence that has given Environment Agency fisheries experts a fascinating insight into the migratory…

MEXICO - The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA ) will launch the "Support for Investment in Facilities and Infrastructure 2013," through the Nationa…

A six-week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the suitability of animal oils as total replacement for cod liver oil (CO) in rainbow trout juvenile feeds. The effect of animal fats on the growt…

MEXICO - Rainbow trout farmed in the Monarch Butterfly biosphere is being marketed as sustainable as its production is in harmony with the natural area.

Researchers from the USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Leetown, USA have conducted genome scans of rainbow trout families from a single broodstock population to identify th…

NORWAY - The value of Norwegian seafood exports in January totalled NOK 4.8 billion. This is an increase of NOK 636 million or 15 per cent compared to January last year, according to the latest figure…

ANALYSIS - In this weeks news, Norway has seen a rise in value in its January fish exports, the Tortugas Ecological Reserve has had no negative affect on US fishermen, the FAO is discussing how to imp…

ITALY - The farming site Fattoria del Pesce srl, consisting of farmers with decades of experience in land-based aquaculture, works in the heart of the Natural Park of the Ticino Valley, using producti…

NORWAY - The value of Norwegian Salmon exports in 2012 totalled NOK 29.6 billion. This is NOK 449 million up on the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council.

US - Whirling Disease has been confirmed in a delivery of 8,000 commercially produced rainbow trout by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

NORWAY - The number of escaped farmed salmon stood at 38,500 in 2012. This is the lowest number registered in the millennium.

FINLAND - Oceana welcomes last Fridays (30 November 2012) decision by the authorities of Uusimaa and the Southeast Finland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment to ban wild se…